Shokuki: Start with an izakaya and make everyone cry

Morning.

The classes for first-year students are in full swing.

Due to the impact of the Totsuki Revolutionary Incident, Soma and others were asked to teach by the top ten who were also students as lecturers.

later.

With the resignation of Nagiri thistle.

The newly appointed Commander-in-Chief Erina also abolished this rule.

Moreover, under her instruction, Yuanyue re-recruited some lecturers with both talent and virtue, integrated the original lecturer and professor resources, and restored the previous way of teaching students.

…

Right now, in the No. 1 cooking class.

When a handsome figure walked in, the classroom, which was originally noisy like a crazy holiday shopping scene, instantly became dead silent.

The first-year students present all looked up at the new lecturer.

All I could see was him standing on the podium.

The figure is tall and straight, like a green pine, revealing a unique youthful heroic spirit.

He has a handsome face, clear features, and perseverance and confidence between his brows. His clothes are simple and elegant, but he can wear a different kind of style. He seems to like to wear dark black shirts and a pair of dark trousers to look clean and neat!

And his hairstyle is also black and neat, and his whole temperament is indeed very unique.

Um!

No exaggeration.

Just standing there, he was like a bright star.

"Ahem!"

"Good morning, students. I am the new lecturer Totsuki. My last name is Suzuki. You can all call me Mr. Suzuki."

Suzuki's voice is magnetic.

And it's very warm and soft, like the sunshine of early spring shining on my heart.

This unique voice is like a mark on him, and people can immediately recognize him as soon as they hear it.

at the same time.

He also kept looking at the many students in the audience.

Finally, his eyes rested on Souma Yukihira, who always looked dazed.

…

Chuangzhen's expression was dull.

Sometimes, his brows even furrowed, as if he was deep in thought, turning a deaf ear to everything in the outside world.

From last night to now, he has been very depressed, and there is only one reason for his depression:

elder brother!

Damn it, why do I have a brother?

According to his father Joichiro, the leader of the late-night caterers was an adopted son he adopted while he was wandering in the United States.

When she was young, she had been learning cooking from Joichiro.

Later, in the late-night cooker competition, he defeated all his opponents and became famous in one battle. In the end, he became the big shot who leads the late-night cookers!

And he continued to show his superb cooking skills to everyone. At the same time, he also promoted the "eating halberd" rules to chefs in the culinary world, defeating many elite chefs through various means, leading to a wave of bankruptcy in the entire catering industry.

In the end, he single-handedly achieved the "feat" of late-night cooks invading the Neon Kingdom.

Thinking that such a character was actually trained by his father.

So it is inevitable that Chuangzhen is confused!

he!

Very doubtful now.

Are you Joichiro's biological child?

Why is it that one is a biological son and the other is just an adopted son, so there is such a huge gap in treatment between the two?

…

"Ah!"

"Is this my stupid brother?"

Suzuki, no, it should be said that Saiba Chaoyang, who changed his name to Suzuki and successfully sneaked into Totsuki Academy as a lecturer, withdrew his gaze at this time and couldn't help but murmured.

After that, he showed a warm smile and said, "Okay, before class, I'd like to ask a question first!"

"Many students may have high expectations when enrolling in the Chaliao Culinary School, the number one school in Neon Country. They always think that they can learn a lot here and get a lot of honors."

"However, under the cruel competition mechanism."

"They will inevitably become decadent, powerless, and even desperate in the end."

"I think, even though I have worked hard here, I still haven't learned a lot of things."

"and."

"The lecturer doesn't teach much either."

"So, what should we do?"

…

talk!

A little trembling.

But this problem has troubled Yueyue students all year round, especially the freshmen with poor grades.

Yeah, is it really good to be a chef?

If you have this drive to work hard and do something else, you will probably become famous by now!

At the beginning, everyone would be happy and excited because they passed the entrance examination and could study in Totsuki. As Saiba Chaoyang said, this is the number one culinary school in Neon Country. If you can study here, you will definitely be a good student in the future. There is a big "future".

However, after school starts, the various pressures faced are very unbearable.

At this time, everyone will find out.

It seems that giving up is not necessarily a bad thing.

Anyway, the graduation rate is below 10%. No matter how hard you work, you are destined to be a discarded chess piece and cannon fodder as Nakiri Senzaemon said!

…

"This is the Internet age."

"Whether you want to learn online software, learn photography, or do self-media, there will be various video tutorials to teach us."

"No matter what you want to learn, it won't be as strenuous as before."

"Um!"

"It's also undeniable."

"This era is an era when food is supreme, and it is also an era when chefs have a very high social status."

"But this traditional profession has obviously begun to decline, and there is no longer much room for development prospects and personal growth."

"Speaking of which."

"Some students may think that I can go back and inherit the family business."

"Anyway, my family is the largest supplier, processing factory, etc. in Neon Country. This is indeed an idea that cannot be said to be wrong."

"But, is this really good?"

Caibo Chaoyang paused deliberately.

He seemed to see a little glimmer of expectation in the bright eyes of the students in the audience, so he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly and continued: "Let me speak from my own experience."

"I once interned at a restaurant in the United States run by Chinese people, who made Teochew brine."

"The diners are basically local Chinese."

"However, after staying there for more than a year, the chef never taught me anything."

"I just watched how he did it, and then I followed suit." "Finally, when I came out of the restaurant, I really didn't even know the ratio of brine. Then I bought my own spices, soy sauce, etc., and hid in a small dark room. The house keeps changing.”

"Finally, I will even look for information to understand the properties of some spices."

"And what does the main aroma of brine come from?"

"After repeated research, the brine was no worse than that of the previous restaurant."

…

Caibo Chaoyang spoke with some excitement and emotion.

And his own experiences are indeed very inspiring and realistic in the eyes of students.

Can't help it.

The entire cooking class.

It began to become even more silent, with only Caibo Chaoyang's voice echoing, and the students listened attentively.

"Later, I was working with a very powerful chef."

"I called him father, and he was happy to adopt me."

"He works as a chef in a five-star hotel. Star chefs recognized by the WGO Food Organization often come to visit him. Every time, many people send him many high-end ingredients."

"There are hundreds of kilograms of matsutake, as well as caviar, black truffles, Spanish Grade 5 ham, bluefin tuna, Neon Country Wagyu, swallow-winged abalone, snow clams..."

“All kinds of top-notch ingredients are available almost every day.”

"I learned a lot of cooking skills from him and broadened my horizons."

"He is a good man!"

"I will also be able to taste those high-end ingredients."

"Then he asked me to remember the taste of these ingredients, and warned me that only by remembering the taste of the ingredients can I make better dishes in the future!"

"He told me not to look at a cuisine, but to learn a cuisine. Understanding the cooking concept is the most important thing."

"Use the simplest way to present the deliciousness of the ingredients. Use every corner of the good ingredients and throw them away if they go bad."

“If, learn some cooking.

“When we arrive in a strange city and don’t have this kind of ingredients, does that mean we won’t be able to cook?”

“So until now, I have never cared about the so-called secret recipes and things that chefs can master.

"As long as you understand the characteristics of the ingredients, you can make delicious dishes even without using secret recipes!"

"A chef is nothing more than four flavors."

"Turn up the heat."

"Change the water."

"Spice it up."

"Tune your mind."

"But among these four tunes," the most critical one is to tune the heart. "

"Adjusting your mentality before cooking is the basic quality of a good chef. Otherwise, how can you cook well if you cook with emotions?"

"Here at Totsuki Academy, only the number one can teach you how to become the number one!"

"And I don't deny that talent is important, but behind talent there is a lot of hard work that you can't see."

“If you want something, go for it yourself.”

"Otherwise, are you waiting for others to give it to you?"

“You can learn more by following a No. 1 player for a year than by following an average person for five years.”

"So in the coming days, let me lead you!"

"I will help everyone become the best students and the best chefs by myself!"

…

Soma, who was originally in a daze, was completely confused.

He listened to the whole lecture by Caibo Chaoyang, and he was extremely shocked.

Such description.

Such experience.

It's simply vivid enough to be fascinating.

And he has a good adoptive father in America, and his teachings, as well as his views on cooking, ingredients, chefs, etc., make Sozhen obsessed and envious of him.

This made him couldn't help but think of his father Joichiro's adopted son, his brother!

"Huh?"

"It can't be such a coincidence, right?"

"Could it be that the lecturer on the podium now is my brother?"

Chuangzhen stared at Caibo Chaoyang suspiciously, and finally shook his head. Apparently he didn't quite believe that such a coincidence would happen.

Moreover, you must know that the current late-night cook is in a state of incompatibility with Totsuki Academy!

Could it be.

Will he be stupid and throw himself into a trap?

But then again, this new lecturer is indeed very unusual.

"I'm looking forward to it. As a chef who came from the United States and has been working with the chef of a five-star hotel for a long time, what kind of students will he teach in Yuanyue?"

Chuangzhen then murmured.

…

"alright."

"I've finished what I said before."

"The next step is to get down to business. I will give you a cooking question in this class. You just need to be able to do it before the class ends."

"Of course, you don't have to be afraid. No matter whether you cook well or not, I will not fail you, or even make a decision to drop you out of school."

"It's just...if I find out."

"If you don't cook properly, I will punish you mercilessly!"

Finally, Caibo Chaoyang stood on the podium and said with a smile.

The students below were all surprised and happy. They were surprised that there was another assessment in this class, but they were happy that no matter what, they would not be expelled as long as they did not go too far.

Then, before many students had time to react, Li Ziming finally announced the assessment questions for today's class:

Make dishes using ingredients that have nothing to do with cooking skills!

…

"ha?"

"It has nothing to do with cooking skills?"

Seeing Zaiha Chaoyang writing the assessment questions for this project on the whiteboard with ink pen, Souma's face finally became very cautious and serious.

Ingredients that have nothing to do with cooking skills?

what is it?

Moreover, it is now less than forty minutes until get out of class ends.

In such a short period of time, it seems not easy to make a dish that successfully conquers the new lecturer!

"lecturer!"

"Can you tell me what the ingredients are that have nothing to do with cooking skills?"

Later, one student had no choice but to raise his hand and ask Chaoyang because he really couldn't think of a question for the assessment.

"Think for yourself, don't try to steal the answer from me."

Caibo Chaoyang glanced at the student, shrugged and said indifferently.

…

In desperation.

All students can only think about ingredients that have nothing to do with cooking skills.

Nice styling.

Fresh ingredients.

Tender and delicious taste...

and pungent seasonings.

Yes, ingredients that have nothing to do with cooking skills. In fact, the focus of this sentence is not on the ingredients, but on the ingredients used, which must have nothing to do with cooking skills.

In other words, there is no need to use cooking techniques, such as:

Ingredients that do not need to be processed by frying, stir-frying, stewing, deep-frying, cooking, pan-frying, poaching, sticking, pulping, roasting, stewing, simmering, baking, grilling, braising, roasting, salt-baking, smoking, etc. are suitable for the topic. original intention.

In the final analysis, this kind of question is about testing a chef's adaptability, selection of ingredients, knife skills and other various abilities.

Therefore, Xingping Soma quickly thought of sashimi in his mind.

Likewise, there are:

Fruit platter, molecular cooking.

These dishes also meet the original meaning of "ingredients that have nothing to do with cooking skills". (End of chapter)